Mrs. Zalesky’s Kindergarten News

Friday, February 23^rd, 2018

Special’s Rotation

Mon. Library

Tues. Computer

Wed. PE

Thurs. Art

Fri. Music

***Next Friday, March 2^nd will be the LAST DAY to donate to help with Joshua’s Great Things Fundraiser!!!  Each dollar brought in earns a raffle ticket and is a HUGE help the

fight against brain cancer!!!

                    

          Today I’m sending home a copy of the “popcorn words”, sight words, and the ones that your child knows will be marked up through the words that have been introduced.  The kids are doing a wonderful job on their Popcorn Words!  I will continue checking them and will send a progress sheet home so you can see how your child is doing.  Thanks so much for all of your hard work helping your child practice them at home and hope you are enjoying playing “popcorn word” games with your child!J 

Friday, March 2^nd is Dr. Seuss' birthday so we will be celebrating and talking a lot about rhyming with all of his books.  I will be sending out Dr. Seuss Special Readers sign-up to come in and read your favorite Dr. Seuss book!  The kids are really looking forward to it!  Please sign up for a time that works best for you and if you can’t find a spot, just let me know and we will work it in!J

***Our rest towels will be coming home for a cleaning today!

 Please return them on Monday.

Next week we will be studying the letter Oo.

`***Congratulations to this week’s “Star Students”!

Aiden    Hope    Ellie    Jade

Mrs. Zalesky’s Kindergarten News

Thursday, February 15^th, 2018

Special’s Rotation

Mon.    **NO SCHOOL**

Tues.     Computers

Wed.    PE

Thurs.    Art

Fri.       Music

***No School Tomorrow Friday, February 16^th

***No School Monday, February 19^th - President’s Day

***A HUGE THANKS to our room mom, LaShonda Jackson, and to ALL of the AMAZING parents who came, worked so hard yesterday putting on a super fun Valentine Party!!! 

The kids had a fantastic time all because of you!J

***TJs Pizza orders are due on Tuesday, February 20^th!

***Just a reminder that the Six Flags Reading Forms are due back on Friday, February 23^rd to receive a free child’s ticket to Six Flags for reading with your child for a total of 6 hours!J

***Reminder that we are doing our School Wide Service Project - Be A Force for Great Things! - running through Friday, March 2^nd.  Our goal is to raise $750 for Joshua's Great Things Foundation. http://joshuasgreatthings.org/  Joshua Brown was a student here at Whiteside Elementary and passed away from battling cancer in June of 2013. His sister, Allison is a student at the middle school. We are asking every student here at Whiteside to donate $1 and prizes will be raffled off every Friday to those who donate. The grade level that donates the most money will earn a Star Wars movie and popcorn party with the principals in the mpr!!!J

            ***Young Author Books are due next Wednesday, February 21^st.  If your child writes a book, with help from parents of courseJ, he/she will be entered into a contest for each grade level and will also get to have cookies and milk with the principals!J

The kids are doing a wonderful job learning their new Popcorn Words!  Please keep reviewing the words that we have done so far: a, are, and, but, come, came, find, from, how, I, is, like, me, my, many, now, of, on, see, so, the, to, this, we, with, what, where, you. As we learn them, I will be checking them occasionally and sending a progress sheet home so you can see how your child is doing.  You can use index cards to create flashcards and play games such as memory or “find the word”, as well as using them to create sentences.J  Thanks so much for all of your hard work with the popcorn words and hope you enjoy playing the games with your child!  The extra practice at home makes such a HUGE DIFFERENCE!!!J 

Next week we will be studying the letter Dd.

` ***Congratulations to this week’s “Star Students”

Jade    Zamaria    Ajani    Caroline  

***So sorry for the Valentine's Class List looking so crazy, but the names are all there if you need them!😉

💝Here's a list of our kiddos if you need an extra copy for your child's valentines!💖

Mrs. Zalesky’s Valentine List

            Girls                    Boys  

           Machyia                                Ellie  

           Danielle                                Seth

           Caroline                                Nelson

           Jade                                     Aiden

           Melanie                                 Ajani    

           Faith                                     Cameron  

           Hope                                      Jakobi  

           Olivia                                     Carl

           Hunter                                   Lincoln

           Zamaria                                  Jaylen

           Emiyah                                           

           Isabella

           Aaliyah

           Anttania                                              

TeachersJ

Mrs. Zalesky         Mrs. Luetkemeyer (library) 

Mrs. Korba (PE)     Miss. Lotus (computers)

Mrs. Brush (music)      Mrs. Mosby (art)

Mrs. Zalesky’s Kindergarten News

Friday, February 9^th, 2018

Special’s Rotation

Mon.        PE (please wear tennis shoes)

Tues.        Art

Wed.        Music

Thurs. Library (please return library books)

Fri. ***NO SCHOOL***

***Parent Teacher Conferences are Tuesday, Feb. 13^th and Thursday, Feb. 15^th from 4:00-7:30. (You should have received a note home about them last week since they are just by request. If you have any questions, please let me know!J)

***No School on Friday, Feb. 16^th

(please note that I did not have it marked on the calendar that I sent home)

***No School on Monday, Feb. 19^th – President’s Day

***Wednesday, Feb. 14^th is our Valentine’s Day Party from 1:00-1:45!!!

If you would like to contact our room mom, LaShonda Jackson, to find out more about the party, her email is: shrtypnut@gmail.com  .  You are all welcome to come and join in on the fun!J

Please try to have your child bring in his/her Family Project Valentine Container by Monday, Feb. 12^th, along with their valentines, so the kids can start delivering their cards. Thanks so much for all of your help and support at home!J

        

          ***Today we are also kicking off our School Wide Service Project - Be A Force for Great Things! - running from Feb 9th through February 28th.  Our goal is to raise $750 for Joshua's Great Things Foundation. http://joshuasgreatthings.org/  Joshua Brown was a student here at Whiteside Elementary and passed away from battling cancer in June of 2013. His sister, Allison is a student at the middle school. We are asking every student here at Whiteside to donate $1 and prizes will be raffled off every Friday to those who donate. The grade level that donates the most money will earn a Star Wars movie and popcorn party with the principals in the mpr!!!J

***A HUGE THANKS to all of the hard work at home with creating some AMAZING 100 Day Projects!!!  The kids absolutely loved sharing their special creations with their friends!J  It was such a fun day!!!J

***Congratulations to this week’s “Star Students”

Faith   Hope   Hunter  Aaliyah

Just a reminder that this Friday, February 9th, is Spring Pictures & Class Picture Day!!!😁  

   If you would like a class picture, the money will be due that day.😉

Our Amazing 100 DAY Projects!!!

***Just a reminder that tomorrow is 100 DAY!!!🙌

Please have your child bring in their 100 Day Project for our special show & tell!

We can't wait to see all of them!!!😃

Having a little science fun

and playing with our green gak!!!

Mrs. Zalesky’s Kindergarten News

Friday, February 2^nd, 2018

Special’s Rotation

Mon.         PE   

Tues.        Art

Wed.        Music       

Thurs.       Library    

Fri.           Computer

100 DAY is Tuesday, February 6^th!!! 

Please have your child bring in his/her BIG 100 DAY PROJECT on Tuesday or before to share with their friends or earlier if you get done!J

    We will be celebrating our BIG 100^thDAY OF SCHOOL on Tuesday, February 6^th!  It seems hard to believe that so much time has gone by already!  I hope you have fun making your 100 Day projects with your child.  It will be so much fun to see all of the neat ideas that your child and you come up with and they always love sharing them with their friends!  We will also be visiting other Kindergarten rooms for some fun 100 Day activities.  It will be a very special day!!!J

***Friday, February 9^th - Spring Pictures & Class Picture Day

(Money for class pictures has to be turned in that day if you would like to order.)

***Friday, February 9^th is also the last day to order Yearbooks!

***Tuesday, Feb. 14^th is our Valentine’s Day Party from 1:00-1:45!!!

(***We will have a different party time, and shortened, because we have Early Dismissal at 2:00.)

If you would like to contact our room mom, LaShonda Jackson, to find out more about the party, her email is: shrtypnut@gmail.com .  You are all welcome to come and join in on the fun! J  Please have your child bring in his/her Family Project Valentine Container at least by Monday, Feb. 12^th, along with their valentines, so the kids can start delivering their cards. This will be our family project for February!  Thanks so much for all of your help and support at home!J

          

 *** Our WS Cosmic Bingo Night is coming up on Saturday, March 10^th!!!  Tickets are $20 a person with tables of 8 and can be purchased in the office.  Hope you can join in the fun!J

***Just a reminder that the Six Flags Reading Forms are due back on Friday, February 23^rd  to receive a free child’s ticket to Six Flags for reading with your child for a total of 6 hours!J

***Congratulations to this week’s “Star Students”

Jaylen    Nelson    Isabella    Cameron

***The kids are SUPER EXCITED to bring in their 100 Projects for our 100th Day of School on Tuesday!!!  Can't wait to see them!😃